The US has been described as a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of religions in which Muslims and Methodists, Buddhists and Baptists live and work side by side. This book explores that nation of religions, focusing on how four arrived religious communities - Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs - are being shaped by American values
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Introduction / Stephen Prothero Isolate, insulate, assimilate : attitudes of mosque leaders toward America / Ihsan Bagby Progressive Islam in America / Omid Safi From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 : lessons from the internment of Japanese American Buddhists / Duncan Ryûken Williams Reproducing Vietnam in America : San Jose's perfect harmony temple / Hien Duc Do Tibetan Buddhism in America : reinforcing the pluralism of the sacred canopy / Robert A.F. Thurman Mr. President, why do you exclude us from your prayers? : Hindus challenge American pluralism / Prema A. Kurien Sacred land, sacred service : Hindu adaptations to the American landscape / Vasudha Narayanan Making home abroad : Sikhs in the United States / Gurinder Singh Mann From alleged Buddhists to unreasonable Hindus : First Amendment jurisprudence after 1965 / Courtney Bender and Jennifer Snow Agonistic federalism : the Alabama Ten commandments controversy / Stephen Dawson The de-Europeanization of American Christianity / R. Stephen Warner Religious pluralism and civil society / James Davison Hunter and David Franz
